Gun stored as evidence seized from home of retired Baltimore police officer

Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun

Police investigating an alleged domestic dispute at the Bel Air home of a retired Baltimore police officer last month found a gun that had been seized by city police and stored as evidence, authorities said Wednesday.

Officers were called to the Dunsinnan Trail home of retired Baltimore Police Lt. Col. Dan Lioi on June 15, according to a spokeswoman for the Harford County sheriff's office.

Manchester Chief John Hess said Lioi was in the process of joining the department when he was charged in June.

In the police report on the domestic dispute, officers said Lioi and his wife were arguing when he began striking her with a closed fist, leaving her with "significant swelling" to the left side of her face.

Lioi was charged with second-degree assault. He is scheduled to appear in court in September.